From the Author

I want to thank you all for traveling through my apocalyptic journey with me. You must have enjoyed the ZNIPER story enough to come back for more.

I want to apologize for the delay between books. Excuses are like ass holes; everyone has one and they all stink. Well… my excuse(s) stink too. We have had a rough couple of years in the Ward household. My son, who is portrayed as Michael in this series was diagnosed with Large B-Cell Lymphoma. Through a series of chemotherapy treatments, he beat it. Then a few months later the cancer returned. And that strong kid bravely beat it a second time; we pray that it is gone forever.

During the midst of a family medical catastrophe, I lost my loving and devoted father which put me in a dark place for a while.

I miss my dad every day. But when life knocks you down, with the help of a loving and sympathetic partner and a caring community, you get back up and keep charging forward. I have the type of personality that copes with stress by avoiding negative emotions through staying active. After getting myself recertified and deployable, I went back overseas again which granted me some free time to begin writing the sequel.

ZNIPER was the first book I had ever written and took me three-long-challenging-years to complete. Much of that time was spent researching, learning basic formatting techniques that a noob writer doesn't know, watching a hundred Z-Poc movies to be used as Easter egg references that went unnoticed by most readers, and over critiquing minor details that should have been left for professional editors.

Because I learned from my previous time-wasting mistakes, OPERATORZ is coming along much more quickly. I’m trying to put more emphasis on the story line and characters than I had in the first book. I hope that you enjoy this story, as much as I enjoy writing it. I plan on cranking out a quality story as fast as I can, then backfilling with additional tactical details where needed. 

I'll blog-post a rough draft chapter update once a week, this will force me to keep the forward momentum (at least until MTC's training season begins, then I'll have to focus on business). Please feel free to leave a message and tell me how I am doing. I have thick skin and am very grateful when you point out my typos, bad grammar, horrible use of past/present tense, and plot gaps. Feedback is highly encouraged, if you feel a certain tactical scene needs better description, please let me know. 

Enjoy ~ C. Ward 3